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It was to these characteristics that Scott owed his title of " Puss and Feathers," the only nickname ever applied to him. Physically he was " framed in the prodigality of nature." Not even Washing- ton possessed so majestic a presence. As Su- warrow was the smallest and physically the most insignificant looking, so was Scott the most impos- ing of all the illustrious soldiers of the 19th cen- tury, possibly of all the centuries. The steel en- graving represents him at upward of threescore and ten. The vig- nette is from a painting by Ing- ham, taken at the age of thirty-seven. A portrait by Weir, showing Scot t as he was at the close of the Mexican war, is in the U.S. mili- tary academy. The statue by Henry K. Brown stands in Scott circle, Wash- ington. Gen. Scott was the author of a pamphlet against the use of intoxicat- ing liquors (Phil- adelphia. 1821); " General Regula- Letter to the Secre-

Infantry Tactions for the Army " (1825);

tary of War " (New York, 1827) : tics," translated from the French (3 vols., 1835) : 'Letter on the Slavery Question" (1843); "Ab- stract of Infantry Tactics " (Philadelphia, 1861): "Memoirs of Lieut.-Gen. Scott, written by Him- self (2 vols., New York, 1864). Biographies of him have been published by Edward Deering Mans- field (New York, 1846); Joel Tyler Headley (1852); and Orville James Victor (1861). See also " Cam- paign of Gen. Scott in the Valley of Mexico," by Lieut. Raphael Semmes (Cincinnati, 1852). His son-in-law. Henry Lee, soldier, b. in New Berne, N. C., 3 Oct.. 1814; d. in New York city, 6 Jan., 1886, was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1833, and entered the 4th infantry as 2d lieu- tenant. After three years' service in the Gulf states he took part in the war against the Seminoles, and in 1837-'8 was engaged in removing Cherokees to the west, after which, until 1840, he served with his regiment as adjutant. In 1842 he was appointed aide-de-camp to Gen. Winfield Scott, whose daughter, Cornelia, he had married, and ac- companied him to Mexico in the capacity of chief of staff. He attained the rank of captain on 16 Feb., 1847, and for his gallantry in the siege of Vera Cruz, the battles of Cerro Gordo and Churu- busco, and the capture of the city of Mexico, re- ceived the brevets of major and lieutenant-colonel. After the war he was acting judge-advocate of the eastern division in 1848-'50, and senior aide-de- camp to Gen. Scott from 1850 till 1861. He had been made lieutenant-colonel on the staff on 7 March, 1855, was promoted colonel on 14 May. 1861, and was inspector-general in command f thr forces in New York city until 30 Oct., 1861. -i-u he was retired from active service lor "disability resulting from long and faithful services, mid from injuries and exposure in the line of duty." lie accompanied (Jen. Scott to Europe on leave ol' ab- sence, remaining abroad till the elo-c o| the war. He tendered his resignation in 1862, but it wa- not accepted until four years later, lie was theaiithor of "A Military Dictionary" (New York, 1S61).

SCOULLEK, James Brown, clergyman, b. near Newville, Cumberland co., Pa., 12 July, 1820. He was graduated at Dickinson college in"l830, and at the Associate Reformed theological seminary. Alle- ghany. Pa., in 1842. He was successively pastor of the United Presbyterian churches in Philadel- phia. Cuylersville, and Argyle, N. Y., in 1844-'62, and editor of the " Christian Instructor," Philadel- phia. Pa., in lsii',>-'3. Muskingum college, Concord, Ohio, gave him the degree of D. D. in 1880. He has contributed largely to magazines, and is the author of " History of the Big Spring Presbytery " (Harrisburg, Pa.. 1879); History of the Presbytery of Argyle" (1880); a " Manual of the Presbyterian Church " (1881) : and " Calvinism, its History and Influences" (1885).

SCOVILLE, Joseph A., journalist, b. in Con- necticut in 1811; d. in New York city. 25 June, 1864. He engaged in journalism in New York, and afterward was for some years the private sec- retary of John C. Calhoun. During the civil war he wa- New York correspondent of the London " Herald " and Standard." under the signature of " Manhattan," and in their columns violently op- posed the administration of President Lincoln. He published " Adventures of Clarence Bolton, or Life in New York" (London. 1860); "The old Merchants of New York," under the pen-name nf Walter Barrett, Clerk (4 vols., 1861-'G); "Vigor," a novel (1864) : and " Marion " (1864).

SCRANTON, George Whitefleld, manufacturer, b. in Madison, Conn.. 11 May. 1811; d. in Scranton, Pa., 24 March, 1861. He settled in Oxford, N. J., in 1828, where he was a teamster and subsequently a clerk, engaged in the manufacture of iron in 1839. and the next year, with his brother Joseph, built furnaces for smelting ore with an- thracite coal in the village of Slocum, Pa., which was subsequently named Scranton in honor of the brothers. For many years he was president of the Lackawanna and Western, and the Cayuga and Susquehanna railroads, and in 1858-'61 he was a member of congress, having been elected as a Protectionist Republican. His brother, Joseph Hand, capitalist, b. in Madison. Conn., 27 June, 1813; d. in Baden Baden, Germany, 6 June, 1872, began life as a clerk in New Haven, subsequently entered business in Augusta, Ga., and in 184? set- tled in the coal region of the Lackawanna valley. Pa. With the aid of other members of his family he developed the vast coal and iron interests of that section, and lived to see Scranton, which was a hamlet of two or three houses, become a city with a population of 50,000. He was successively for twenty years the manager, superintendent, and president of the Lackawanna iron and coal com- pany, and president of several railways and manufacturing and bunking institutions.

SCREVEN. William, clergyman, b. in England in 1629: d. in Georgetown, S. C., in 1713. He came to this country about 1640. settled in Piscataway, N. H., and suffered such persecution from the Puritans on account of his religious faith that he removed to South Carolina and founded the first Baptist church of Charleston. He subsequently removed to a spot about sixty miles north of Charleston, and was the original proprietor of the land on which the town of Georgetown was built. He is the author of "An Ornament for Church Members." published after his death (Charleston. 1721). His grandson. James, soldier, b. in Georgia about 1744; d. near Midway, Ga., 24 Nov.. 1778 early espoused the patriot cause, and in 1774 was one "I the committee that drew up articles of association for the defence of liberty in Georgia,